Combination label



L. REISS COMBINATION LABEL Filed Deo. 7. 1925 Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

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' Louis Reiss, oF anenifrowa, i

COMBINATION LABEL.

Application led December other part remaining upon vthe package for forwarding purposes, whereby in case of a loss or mislaying of the package it may be more easily traced and found.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and l claimed, and which are illustrated in the ac- .upon a package.

companying drawings, in which Fig. lis a top plan of my combination label as eX-' tended, Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same as extended, and Fig. 3 is a top view of the label as folded and in position to be fastened When a package of articles or merchandise exhibits thereon but a single ylabel or address and'is lostv in transit to the addressee, it is usually impossible to trace it for recovery. My invention when used on parcels sent to a distant addressee will provide a duplicated address slip in the combination label, which may be detached and preserved at Vthe receiving'station before the dispatch of the parcel to the addressee by rural carrier or vother person, so that the parcel may thus be i traced -by the addresser to that station, where it may be found in some place where vhidden or overlooked, or in the possession of the carrier or lost by him but then searched for and found.

My invention consists of a paper combination label, having two parts l and 2. The

' part l is somewhat larger in area than the part 2, and has printed thereon upon its upper main face at 5 rulings for the insertion of the name and address of the addressee. while above this compartment is a space @having atthe top the name and address of the addresser and between the spaces 4 andv5 blank spaces named for inf sertion of the number of the article or packl age and date of shipment. Below the space l 5 is a space reserved for data as to the date 7, 1925. Serial No. 73,772.

as above described are separated from the A J i part 2 by a line of perforations 9, and from y marginal portions l1 and l2 by other lines of perforations at 8 and 10. respectively. The direction data receiving spaces 3 above the space tare upon the marginal part 1l, and the directions arefthose usually given for the informationof the receiving officials.

Referring to Fig. 2, the back of the part 'l has its main space coated with a carbonl layer while the'backs of the marginal portions '11 and'l2 as separated from said main space by the perforations 8 andV lOare gummed.

The upper face of the part 2 is similar to that of the top label 5, the inscribed spacesv 13and`l4 being the same as the like spaces Ll and 5, but the space l5 is blank. The back of part 2 is gummed.

In use the combination label is rst to be folded along the perforated line 9 -as shown in Fig.` 3, with the part 2 under andiregistering with the-upper space l, 5, 6 and 7 of the part L The label is then vfastened tothe parcel by wetting the gummed surfaces on the back of the part 2 and the vmarginal parts 11 and 12, and the label thus applied to the parcel. After the folding of the label, before applying to the parcel, or afterwards if found more convenient, the address and other data may be inscribed upon the part l Y duplicate inscription upon the face of the part 2 beneath.v Y Y l v At the receiving station, the upper loose portion of the upper label l may be detached by tearing along the perforated lines 9, 8 and 10, and this label part preserved in the files of the receiving station for reference in case the parcel becomes m'islaid or lost, and accountability thus vplaced for the same. Thel addresser may then be advised of the same, the parcel either found or accounted for, and delay avoided in either case. The gumming and carboning of parts of the label may be omitted, at the option of the user.

lHaving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:A f

A combination label of the character described, comprising a sheet foldable into upper and lower parts of which theupper '2. f i' I 1,620,833

part has a margin projecting on two edges angle of folding and across said upper part from the lower part, said margins and the between its main body and said margins for said lower part having their back surfaces the purpose of separation of saidrnain body l0 'gummed, and the Vback of said upper part by ripping along the perforated lines wheny 5 within said margins havinga coating 'of desired.

duplicating pigment, said sheet being Asup- In testimony whereof I ax myrsignature. plied with lines of perforations along their H LOUIS REISS. 

